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She left less than a year later to head the New York City office for Fenton Communications.

'We’re praying for Karen to make a speedy recovery,' the company said in a statement on Monday.

Howard Glaser, Gov. Cuomo's former director of state operations, is Hinton's husband.

Hinton's time as De Blasio's press secretary was marred by tensions. At one point, a De Blasio aide had to publicly say that her views did not match those of the administration when she criticized Gov. Cuomo's response to the Legionnaire's Disease outbreak.